Today, Amazon is opening up preorders for its largest Alexa-enabled smart display yet, the Echo Show 15. The $249.99 device has a 15.6-inch 1080p touchscreen that can be oriented in portrait or landscape, and can either be mounted on a wall or placed on a countertop (though in this latter case you’ll need a stand, sold separately, to prop the device up).
Amazon’s Echo Show 15 goes up for preorder, shipping December 9th
Two months on from its announcement in September
Two months on from its announcement in September
Announced in late September, the Echo Show 15 is designed to act as a communal hub for families and show useful information like calendar appointments, reminders, and to-do lists. It shows these in permanent home screen widgets, which are displayed alongside a more typical assortment of news headlines like previous Echo Shows.
As well as these communal features, the Echo Show 15 can also act as a standalone entertainment device. It’s Amazon’s first smart display that supports 1080p streams from the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and can also act as a photo frame, has a 5-megapixel camera for video calls, and can display a feed from a compatible security camera or video doorbell in a picture-in-picture view. There’s no mention of YouTube support, however, so expect to fire up the built-in web browser if you want to access it like with previous Echo Show devices.
The Echo Show 15 is due to ship on December 9th. As well as its stock $249.99 configuration, the device is also available with a stand for $279.98.
Update November 11th, 10:45AM ET: Updated with details of the stand you’ll need for placing the Echo Show 15 on a countertop, which is sold separately.
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